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All things bright and beautiful

“Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional,” actress Liz Vassey said. This couldn’t be truer than in the African bush. I often find myself frustrated when fellow safari-goers are fixated on one thing only: the Big Five. To reap the rewards of the wilderness, our focus should shift to the less outwardly impressive creatures, such as the scrub hare, mongoose or chameleon. The sight of a buffalo is enthralling in itself, yet it becomes more intriguing when we recognise the symbiotic relationship between it and the red-billed oxpeckers feeding on insects in its matted fur.